Faculty of Medicine

Shabnam Undre

Shabnam

Contact Details

Great Ormond Street Hospital, London

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Background

Shabnam is an Adult Urology trainee with London deanery in her final year of training. She has an interest in Paediatric Urology and has completed a year at Great Ormond Street Hospital for sick Children. Shabnam was a key member of the department from Feb 2003-Feb 2006 while she was working towards her PhD entitled “Team Performance in the Operating Theatre”. This was awarded to her through Imperial College London in 2007. Her supervisors for her Thesis were Professor Charles Vincent and Lord Ara Darzi.

During her research time in the unit she completed additional research project “Estimating hazards of Healthcare in developing countries” with funding from the WHO as part of the World Alliance on Patient Safety. This project entailed liaising with the WHO, setting up a research project in India, employing researchers to collect the data, coordinating activities between the research workers and the WHO and meeting key healthcare professionals and government officials .

As a Research Fellow Shabnam has had the opportunity to develop links and collaborations with a number of national and international departments and educational bodies such as the NPSA, RCS and DoH.

 

Research Interests

  • Teamwork in the Operating Theatre
  • Crisis Management Training

Current Research

  • Assessment of the effect of Interventions such as Briefing and Checklists on communication and teamwork in theatre. Joint Project between Imperial College and Royal Free Hospital.
  • Development  of a simulation based training program for crisis management in robotic surgery. Joint Project between Imperial College and Broomfield Hospital.

Publications

  1. Teamwork in the operating theatre: cohesion or confusion. *Undre S, Sevdalis N, Healey A, Vincent C, Darzi A: et al: J Eval Clin Pract. 2006 Apr;12(2):182-9.
  2. Observational assessment of surgical teamwork: a feasibility study. *Undre S, Healey A, Darzi A, Vincent C. World J Surg. 2006 Oct;30(10):1774-83.
  3. Multidisciplinary crisis simulations: the way forward for training surgical teams. *Undre S Koutantji M, Sevdalis N, et al, World J Surg. 2007 Sep;31(9):1843-53
  4. Surgical performance, human error and patient safety in urological surgery. S Undre,S Arora &N Sevdalis. British Journal of Medical and Surgical Urology Jan 2009; 2 (1) 2-10
  5. Developing observational measures of performance in surgical teams. Healey A N, Undre S, Vincent CA; Qual Saf Health Care. 2004 Oct;13(suppl_1):i33-i40.
  6. The simulated operating theatre: Comprehensive training for surgical teams. Aggarwal R, Undre S, Moorthy K, Vincent C, Darzi A. Qual Saf Health Care. 2004 Oct;13(suppl_1):i27-i32.
  7. Safety in Surgery: first steps towards a systems approach. Olsen S, Undre S, Vincent C. Clinical Risk (2005) 11, 190-194
  8. Recording of drug allergies: are we doing enough? Radford A, Undre S, Alkhamesi N, Darzi A. J Eval Clin Pract. 2007 Feb;13(1):130-7.
  9. Distraction in the urology operating theatre. Primus C, Healey A, Undre S. BJU Int. 2007 Mar;99(3):493-4.
  10. The complexity of measuring interprofessional teamwork in the operating theatre. Healey A, Undre S, Sevdalis N, Koutantji M, Vincent C. J Interprof Care. 2006 Oct;20(5):485-95.
  11. Defining the technical skills of teamwork in surgery. Healey A, Undre S, Vincent C. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006 Aug;15(4):231-4.
  12. Surgical crisis management skills training and assessment: a simulation-based approach to enhancing operating room performance. Moorthy K, Munz Y, Forrest D, Pandey V, Undre S, Vincent C, Darzi A. Ann Surg. 2006 Jul;244(1):139-47.
  13. Teamworking in the Operating Theatre. Undre S, Sevdalis N. Editorial for the National Library of Health- Surgery, Theatres and Anaesthesia. 22 March 2007. http://www.library.nhs.uk/theatres/Page.aspx?pagename=ED4
  14. Wrong side, site or person: Identification errors in Surgery. Undre S, Sevdalis N. Feature in www.saferhealthcare.org July 2007. http://www.saferhealthcare.org.uk/IHI/Topics/GroundsforAction/Features/120.9_Wrong_side_site_or_person_identification_errors_in_surgery.htm
  15. Reliability of a revised NOTECHS scale for use in surgical teams. Sevdalis N, Davis R, Koutantji M, Undre S, Darzi A, Vincent C. Am J Surg 2008 Aug; 196 (2):184-90
  16. Annoyances, Disruptions and Interruptions in Surgery: The Disruptions in Surgery Index (DiSI). Sevdalis N, Forrest D, Undre S, Darzi A, Vincent C. World J Surg 2008 Aug; 32(8): 1643-50
  17. Is team training in briefings for surgical teams feasible in simulation? M Koutantji, P McCulloch, S Undre, S Gautama, S. Cognition, Technology & Work, Oct 2008. 10 (4) 275-285
  18. Framework for incorporating simulation into urology training. Arora S, Lamb B, Undre S, Kneebone R, Darzi A, Sevdalis N. BJU Int 2011 Mar; 107 (5): 806-10

 

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